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Tampa - Impressions of an Emigrant (Hardcover)
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Tampa - Impressions of an Emigrant (Hardcover)
Series: New World Diasporas
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In 1896, Wenceslao Galvez y Delmonte fled the violence of Cuba's
war for independence and settled in Tampa. He soon made his new
home the focus of a work of costumbrismo, the Spanish-language
genre built on closely observing the everyday manners and customs
of a place.Translated here into English, Galvez's narrative mixes
evocative descriptions with charming commentary to bring to life
the early Cuban exile communities in Ybor City and West Tampa. The
writer's sharp eye finds the local characters, the barber shops and
electric streetcars, the city landmarks and new Cuban enclaves. One
day, Galvez offers his thoughts on the pro-independence activities
of community leaders like Martin Herrera and Fernando Figuerdo. On
another, our exiled bourgeois intellectual author wryly recounts
his new life as a door-to-door salesman and lector reading aloud to
workers in a cigar factory. This scholarly edition includes
photographs and newspaper clippings, a foreword on Galvez's
extraordinary pre-exile years, extensive notes to the translation,
and a wealth of other supplementary material putting the author's
life and work in context.
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